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Mark Farndon offers regular opportunites for consultation and treatment via a Leeds Nuffield specialist foot & ankle clinic which will now be available weekly from December 2017.

Private consultation and treatment are available in Leeds at the Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital. With an outstanding CQC inspection result, the excellent facilities are easily accessible close to Leeds city centre.

After falling several hundred feet whilst climbing near Chamonix, Phil Burgess sustained injuries to his neck, back and ankle. His spinal injuries were treated successfully conservatively with bracing. His ankle injury was treated promptly with surgery in France, though the reconstruction of the ankle joint and syndesmosis was inadequate, necessitating revision syndesmosis reconstruction.

Phil sought a second opinion following his return to the UK, six weeks after the initial accident and surgery. Revision reconstruction of the syndesmosis was advised.

“I suffered a severe dislocation after a major climbing fall in the Alps. My ankle was pinned but unsuccessfully by medics in France and after a period of delay I turned to Mark for a second opinion. He was clear that I needed further immediate revision syndesmosis surgery, explained the action fully and accelerated my procedure to suit my personal circumstances.

The operation has given me the best possible chance of normal ankle use.

Mark kept me fully informed and his admin team were also brilliant in support. I can’t thank Mark and his team enough.”

Removal of metalwork, open reduction of the syndesmosis and repair of the deltoid ligament and stabilisation with a combination of screw and suture button ‘tightrope’ fixation were required.

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Midfoot arthritis

My experience of Mr Farndon’s orthopaedic expertise has been health care at its finest. He’s approachable, understanding, highly professional and an expert in his field of surgery.
I’d suffered many years of excruciating foot pain due to midfoot arthritis and duly acquired a pronounced, progressive limp. My sporty, active life was over. However, a thorough consultation with Mr Farndon led to midfoot surgery, which has given me back a life I thought had long gone.
With very little loss of movement in my toes from the surgery, I’m now comfortably on my feet all day, which includes daily walks of up to 8 miles with my dog; I have no limp anymore and am walking like a ‘normal,’ pain-free human being.
This gift of painless mobility is immeasurable. Thank you Mr Farndon!

Kate Henderson-Nichol

Mark Farndon is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in knee, foot and ankle surgery in Leeds and Harrogate, Yorkshire.